genealogical
Genealogy () is the study of families, family history, and the tracing of their lineages. Genealogists use oral interviews, historical records, genetic analysis, and other records to obtain information about a family and to demonstrate kinsh ...
records maintained among the
Maithil Kayasthas and Maithil Brahmin
Maithils (Tirhuta: মৈথিল, Devanagari: मैथिल), also known as Maithili people, are an Indo-Aryan ethno-linguistic group from the Indian subcontinent, who speak the Maithili language as their native language. They inhabit the ...
s of the
Mithila Mithila may refer to:
Places
* Mithilā, a synonym for the ancient Videha state
** Mithilā (ancient city), the ancient capital city of Videha
* Mithila (region), a cultural region (historical and contemporary), now divided between India and Nepal
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region similar to the
Hindu genealogy registers at Haridwar
Genealogy registers, of families, maintained by Brahmin Pandits locally called as ‘Pandas’, who double up as professional genealogists, at Haridwar, has been a subject of study for many years now.Maithil Kayasthas and Maithil Brahmin delegates assembled in a conference to deliberate upon new marriage alliances duly checked with the respective {{transl, hi, panjikars at a place near Madhubani of India called as Saurath. the conference itself was called Saurath Sabhabr>
Current status
Due to progressive loss of Panjis, Panjikars taking up modern professions and increasing cosmopolitan behaviour, the practice of fixation of marriage by consulting Panjis is dying. There have been cases reported of sale of Panjis to foreign agencie The recent Saurath sabhas are all but deserte Increasingly, people are looking forward to more modern methods of match making like internet, rather than centuries old palm leaves.
Books on Panji System
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Maithili Karna Kayasthak Panjik Sarvekshan
''Maithil Karna Kayasthak Panjik Sarvekshan'' (''A Survey of the Panji of the Karan Kayasthas of Mithila'') is a book written by Binod Bihari Verma in Maithili language, Maithili. It is a research study on the available ancient manuscripts in t ...
, by
Binod Bihari Verma
Binod Bihari Verma (1937–2003) was a Maithili writer and military doctor. He is known for ''Maithili Karna Kayasthak Panjik Sarvekshan'', his work on ancient genealogical charts known as Panjis, as well as his depiction of rural poor of the ...
*Maithil Brāhamano ki Pañji Vyavasthā (Hindi), by Pt Ramānāth Jhā, published by Granthālaya, Darbhangā.
*Genome Mapping- 450 AD to 2009 AD- Mithilak Panji Prabandh, by
Gajendra Thakur
Gajendra Thakur (born 1971) is an Indian author. He writes in the Maithili language, a language spoken in Northern Bihar (of India) and South-Eastern Nepal. He is an author, lexicographer, historian (of Mithila- ancient Videha and of ''Maithil ...
, published by Shruti Publication, 2009 Delhi ISBN No.978-81-907729-6-9
*Panji System in Maithil Karna Kayastha: A Sociological Evaluation, y: Dr. Binod Kumar Karna.